ECO Calendar of Events/Meetings ( For years: 2004 - 2005 ) |
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| Meeting of the ECO Audit Board |
| Drug Control matters (Events under DCCU Project and according to the revised DCCU Work Plan) |
| Meetings / Conferences organized by regional / international Agencies |
A - Trade and Investment
First Priority:
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | 3rd Meeting of Council of Heads of Customs Administrations (CHCA) preceded by 2nd Meeting of Technical Experts on Establishment of Data Bank on Smuggling and Customs Offences. | Islamabad - Pakistan | Feb. 16-18, 2004 |
2. | ECO-CCI/ECO Trade Fair | Karachi-Pakistan | Feb. 20-26, 2004 |
3. | 7th General Assembly Meeting of ECO-CCI | Kabul, Afghanistan | April 15-18, 2004 |
4. | 2nd ECO Regional Investment Conference. | Kabul, Afghanistan | April 15-18, 2004 |
5. | 3rd Seminar on Trade & Investment Information Networking in the ECO Region. | Pakistan | To be determined |
Second Priority:
1. | 1st meeting of HLEG on Trade, Investment and other related matters in the ECO region. | Ankara-Turkey | Jan. 13-15, 2004 |
2. | 2nd meeting of HLEG on Trade, Investment and other related matters in the ECO region. | Islamabad-Pakistan | Aug. 22-23, 2004 |
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| Turkey
Islamabad-Pakistan | March 15-16, 2004
Dec. 26-28, 2003 |
4. | 3rd Buyers/Sellers Meeting on Pharmaceutical. | Istanbul | September 2004 |
5. | Customs Training Course on Harmonized System Nomenclature. | Tehran – Iran | To be determined |
6. | 3rd ECO Ministerial Meeting on Commerce/Foreign Trade. | Turkey | To be determined |
7. | ECO/WTO Seminar. | To be determined | To be determined |
B- Transport & Communication
First Priority :
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | 2nd Steering Committee meeting Coordination Unit of Container Train | Tehran/Iran | May 24-25, 2004 |
2. | 14th meeting of the Directors’ General of National Telecommunication Companies of the ECO member states. | To be determined later | March/April 2004 |
3. | Workshop as planned under ECO/ESCAP/UNCTAD Multimodal Transport Project with funding of IDB. | To be determined in consultation with IDB | 1st quarter of 2004 |
4. | High Level Experts meeting on ICT | Tehran | April 1, 2004 |
5. | 1st meeting of the ECO Postal Authorities | Kyrgyzstan | April, 2004 |
6. | 2nd Meeting of Heads of Reference Marine Organizations of ECO member states for Development of Regional cooperation in port marine and merchant shipping affairs. | Istanbul/Turkey | June, 2004 |
7. | 8th meeting of the Heads of ECO Railway Authorities. | Turkey | June/July 2004 |
8. | 5th Ministerial meeting on Transport & Communications. | Kyrgyz Republic | First half of Sept. (6-7), 2004 |
9. | 1st ECO Ministerial meeting on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). | Tehran | To be determined |
Second Priority:
1. | 4th ECO Experts Working Group meeting on the Trans-Asia-Europe Fiber Optical Cable System (TAEFOS). | Baku | 2004 |
2. | EWG meeting to fine-tune draft Action Plan for revitalizing and operation of the China-Middle East-Europe Corridors including a time framework for its execution. | Iran/Tehran | April 14-16, 2004 |
3. | 1st meeting of the ECO Central Insurance Authorities. | Iran/Tehran | June 1, 2004 |
Non-ECO Events:
1. | Inter Agency Coordination meeting of ECO/ESCAP/IDB/UNCTAD with regard to the implementation of Multimodal Transport Project in the ECO region. | Jeddah/Geneva/ Tehran | 1st quarter of 2004 |
| 2. | Consultation with UNCTAD in the field of ICT and Marine Services for follow up on ECO meetings and decisions. | Subject to UNCTAD schedule of activities. | September , 2004 |
| 3. | 59th session of UNESCAP Commission agreement in the Asian Highway network (including ECO transport corridors). | Bangkok | To be determined. |
| 4. | UN meeting on landlocked countries –Almaty Action Plan Implementation (2003). | New York | To be determined. |
C - Energy, Minerals & Environment Sectors
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
| 1. | Workshop on New and Renewable Sources of Energy | Ankara, Turkey | April 28-29, 2004 |
2. | 7th Specialized Experts Task Group (7th SETG) meeting on power | To be determined | To be determined 2004 |
3. | Conference on Interconnection and Parallel Functioning of the ECO Member States Power Systems and Establishment of ECO Power Market | [Baku, Azerbaijan] | To be determined 2004/2005 |
4. | Second ECO Ministerial Meeting on Energy/Petroleum to be preceded by the Meeting of Senior Officials | Tehran, Iran | To be determined 2004/2005 |
5. | Joint ECO/OPEC Workshop on International Petroleum Market | Tehran, Iran | To be determined 2004/2005 |
6. | 4th High Level Experts Task Group (4th HLETG) Meeting on ECO Oil and Gas Pipeline Route(s) | Turkey | To be determined 2004/2005 |
7. | Workshop on Energy Conservation and Efficiency | Islamabad, Pakistan | To be determined 2004/2005 |
8. | Workshop on Petroleum Products, Market Study and Trade issues | Iran | To be determined 2005 |
9. | ECO and Energy Charter Secretariat (ECS) joint Workshop | Tehran, Iran
| To be determined 2004/2005 |
C-2 Minerals
1. | Third ECO Mineral Experts Group Meeting | Afghanistan or Kazakhstan | To be determined 2004/5 |
C-3- Environment
1. | 1st meeting of the ECO Working Group on Environment | Turkey, Ankara | April 7 - 8, 2004 |
2. | Workshop on Waste Water Management and Treatment Technology | Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagosa | [May 5 - 7, 2004] |
3. | 2nd Meeting of the ECO Working Group on Environment | Tehran, Iran | Late June 2004 |
4. | Second Experts Meeting on Energy Resources Development and their Environmental Impact Assessment | Tehran, Iran | August 2004 |
5. | Second ECO Ministerial Meeting on Environment to be preceded by the Meeting of Senior Officials | Turkey | To be determined 2004 |
6. | [Regional Seminar on ecological education and increase of awareness of population within the framework of ECO Plan of Action in the filed of Environment] | [Dushanbe, Tajikistan] | To be determined 2005 |
7. | ECO and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) joint Workshop on natural disasters and climatic cataclysms | To be determined | To be determined 2004/2005 |
D- Agriculture, Health, Industry and Tourism
D-1 Agriculture, First Priority
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | Meeting of the Heads of Veterinary Organizations of the ECO Member States | Tehran, Iran | March 6-8, 2004 |
2. | Training workshop on Project Analysis within the framework of ECO-FAO TCP Project on Food Security | Uzbekistan/Iran | March-April 2004 |
3. | Senior Officials Meeting on Agriculture | Iran | End of July, 2004 |
| 4. | Workshop on prevention of crop losses at post-harvest stages | Ankara, Turkey | September/ October 2004 |
| 5. | Workshop on Water Management | Pakistan | 2004 |
| 6. | 2nd Ministerial meeting on agriculture. | Turkey | Last quarter of 2004 |
D-1- Agriculture ,Second Priority
1. | International Training Course on Combating Desertification | Iran | 2004 |
2. | Training Course on WTO Agreement on Agriculture | Turkey | May 2004 |
3. | Training Course on WTO Agreement on Agriculture | Pakistan | 2004 |
D-2 Health, First Priority
1. | Meeting of Heads of Red Crescent Organizations (Secretariat’s Proposal) | Iran (Tentative) | April/July 2004 |
D-2 Health, Second Priority
1. | Second Roundtable Meeting on HIV/AIDS (Secretariat’s Proposal | Not yet finalized | Not yet finalized |
D-3 Industry, First Priority
1. | First ECO Ministerial meeting on Industry | Tehran, Iran | January 25-27,2004 |
2. | Workshop on SMEs | Turkey | November 2004 |
3. | Workshop on agro-related metal working industries | Iran | 2004 |
4. | Expert Group Meeting on privatization and private sector development | Iran | 2004 |
D-4 Tourism ,First Priority
1. | Expert Group Meeting on Tourism Cooperation among the ECO member states | Iran (Tentative) | 2004 |
E- Project Research
First Priority:
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
| 1. | The 1st meeting of Ministers of Finance and Economics of the member states. | Pakistan | January 28-30, 2004 |
2. | 3rd Conference on ECO-CEC’s Role in the development of ECO member states. | Tehran | May/June 2004 |
3. | Meeting of Financial Experts of the member states to prepare financial modality for the establishment and subsequent operation of ECO special fund for reconstruction of Afghanistan. | ECO Secretariat, Tehran | December 27-28, 2003 |
4. | Seminar on ECO’s participation in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. | Tehran | To be determined. |
Second Priority:
1. | Training/Consultation of the Director (Project Research) with counterparts on ESCAPS Modalities for Project Research and Pre-feasibility Outlays. | Bangkok | 2004 |
F- Economic Research and Statistics (ERS)
ECO Events – ERS Directorate:
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | Informal meeting of the Heads of the national Economic Research Institutes of the ECO member states. | Baku | March 2004 |
2. | 6th ECO National Focal Points (NFPs) meeting on Economic Research and Statistics. | To be determined | September/October 2004 |
Non-ECO Events – ERS Directorate:
1. | UNESCAP, Subcommittee on Statistics | Bangkok-Thailand | February 18-20, 2004 |
2. | UNESCAP, Working group of statistical experts | Bangkok-Thailand | 2004 |
3. | Fourth Meeting of the Heads of the National Statistical Organizations of the OIC Member States | Lahore | February 11-13, 2004 |
G- Specialized Agencies
First Priority:
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | Meeting of the Selection Committee for ECO Awards | Tehran | January/ February 2004 |
2. | 1st meeting of the Board of Trustees of the ECO Science Foundation | Islamabad | March 25-26, 2004 |
3. | 3rd meeting of the Board of Trustees of the ECI Culture Institute | To be determined | To be decided (2004) |
4. | 1st meeting of the Board of Trustees of the ECO Educational Institute | Istanbul | To be decided (2004) |
H- Meetings of the Decision making Organs of ECO
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | The 15th meeting of the regional planning Council (RPC) | To be determined | 2004 |
2. | 8th meeting of Summit / 14th COM | Dushanbe | 2004 |
I- Meetings of Eminent Persons Group (EPG)
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | 1st EPG meeting. | ECO Sectt. Tehran | January 2004 |
2. | 2nd EPG meeting. | ECO Sectt. Tehran | To be determined. |
J- Meeting of the ECO Audit Board
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | Meeting of the ECO Audit Board | Tehran | July 2004 |
K- Drug Control matters
(Events under DCCU Project and according to the revised DCCU Work Plan)
First Priority:
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1.* | Second meeting of National Focal Points | ECO Secretariat, Tehran | April-June 2004 |
2.* | Second Seminar of Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) Experts focusing on DCCU and DDR services and the establishment of a DDR Network at the ECO scale | To be determined | April-June 2004 |
3.* | First Seminar of Drug Demand Reduction (DDR) Experts focusing on DCCU and DDR services and the establishment of a DDR Network at the ECO scale | To be determined | December 2003 |
4.* | Training course for Drug Supply Reduction (DSR) Experts on technical matters relating to DSR | To be determined | First half of 2004 |
* Four meetings/activities of ECO Drug Control will be implemented under the 2nd phase of the project of UNODC.
L- Meetings / Conferences organized by regional / international Agencies
Non-ECO events to be held in 2004:
First Priority:
Sr. No. | Event/Activity | Venue | Date |
1. | 9th Consultative meeting between the Executive Heads of Sub-Regional Organizations and ESCAP | Shanghai, Republic of China | April 24, 2004 |
2. | (i) Informal Council of Ministers meeting of ECO, and (ii) Informal ECO-ASEAN Joint Ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the 59th session of UNGA | New York | September 2004 |
3. | Meeting between ECO and ASEAN at the ASEAN Secretariat as envisaged in Terms of Reference of Joint Study on Strengthening ECO-ASEAN Cooperation | Jakarta | To be decided (early 2004) |
Second Priority:
1. | 31st session of Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers |
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2. | Asian-African Sub-Regional Organizations Conference (AASROC)-II | South Africa | 2004 |
3. | Meeting between ECO and ASEAN at the ASEAN Secretariat as envisaged in Terms of Reference of Joint Study on Strengthening ECO-ASEAN Cooperation | Tehran | To be decided (last quarter of 2004) |
Non-ECO events to be held in 2005:
1. | (i) Informal Council of Ministers meeting of ECO, and (ii) Informal ECO-ASEAN Joint Ministerial meeting on the sidelines of the 60th session of UN General Assembly | New York | September 2005 |
2. | 10th Consultative meeting between Executive Heads of Sub-Regional Organizations and ESCAP | Will be decided in its 9th meeting. | 2005 |